Dunford said that while his job is to provide the president with military options, there’s been no discussion of actually doing so in the Sea of Azov “in public.” The Pentagon did announce a US military overflight over the area which they said is meant to “send a message,” however.

Ukraine has been making an enormous deal of the matter, predicting an imminent global war with Russia and urging all nations to scramble ships to the Sea of Azov as quickly as possible to get in on it. Russia has downplayed the matter, saying that they are only holding the ships pending an inquiry into their violation of Russian waters.

The US has backed Ukraine on the matter, and Dunford reiterated the US position that Russia had carried out a “clear violation of sovereignty,” but that this doesn’t automatically mean there’s going to be a US military attack on Russia.

8 thoughts on “Top US General: No Discussion of Military Response to Ukraine-Russia Incident”

Let’s see, Putin was smart enough to call for an election in Crimea, there was no blood shed. That makes Putin a whole lot smarter then a lot of US presidents that have been starting and waging war after illegal war in the name of who knows what, it certainly isn’t democracy. And lying and twisting everything that is said as we attempt to justify our crimes, it doesn’ make one very proud especially when you think of all the death and absolute horror we have inflicted on so many innocents.

This is ridiculous. There is no “military option” and the Pentagon knows it. Any such would blow up into a war the US and NATO would lose, even if it didn’t escalate to nuclear war. Ukraine won’t do anything more because Russia would roll over them like they weren’t there. It would be over in 72 hours. The only other likely option is a resumption of the war against Donbass,
which will result in another humiliating defeat for Ukraine.

Everything will sit where it is until Poroshenko’s month long martial law is over. and the Ukraine elections occur, at which point he’s out and Timoshenko will probably be the new President.

The US will probably slap sanctions on Russia over Kerch, which Russia will ignore, currently having become more or less independent of the West in terms of its economy, according to a recent report.

You’re absolutely right. There’s no “military option” and the Pentagon surely knows it. Chief of Staff Joe Dunford made the right decision to not respond to Russia’s seizure of 3 Ukrainian ships that had violated Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Azov near the Kerch Strait. He knew that any military response would blow up into a war the US/NATO would certainly lose, even if it didn’t escalate into a nuclear war. Ukraine won’d do anything more because Russia would roll over them as if they weren’t there and it would be over in 72 hours, The only likely option is a resumption of the war against Donbass, which as you rightly said, will result in another humiliating defeat for Ukraine.
As you also said, everything will sit where it is until Porky’s month-long martial law’s over and the Ukraine elections occur, at which point he’s out and Timoshenko will probably be the new President .. hopefully, she’ll leave Donbass alone, should she win.
And the US will probably slip sanctions on Russia over Kerch, which Russia will ignore, currently having become more or less independent of the West in term of its economy, according to a recent report. The only body that would be negatively impacted, of course, would be the EU, and that’s why they oppose sanctions on Russia.